2005 Enter the Laptop

2005 Enter the Laptop

by: Laptopical

Itกs a fact. Notebook computers have leapt into the global sales arena with the force and flexibility of Bruce Lee, effortlessly dispatching their desktop competitors with nothing more than a dynamic oneinch sonoma punch.

With wifi technology blossoming around us, the demand for laptops is only set to increase. The ability to play games, or casually surf the internet in wireless coffee shops and airports, will ensure that notebook computers remain incredibly popular.

Laptops, though, aren’t just utilized for leisure. Mobile technology is also beginning to dictate what happens in the classroom. This is especially true as notebooks are entering the educational arena in everincreasing numbers. Indeed, schools such as Framingham State College, and the Myron B. Thompson Academy have both decided to use laptops as teaching tools in class.

Thanks to the adaptability and portability of laptop computers, retailers enjoyed a bountiful sales year in 2004. Consequently, everyoneกs using notebooks these days, from sprightly seventh graders to zimmerwielding septegenarians.

But can this popularity and the incredible global sales figures be sustained?

Yes they can. Once you couldn’t find a notebook for under a thousand dollars, but now there are entry level selling for seven hundred dollars, and even lower with coupons and rebates. Recently, WalMart began to offer laptops with a linux operating systems, and 30GB hard drives for under 500 dollars.

So just how low can laptop prices go?

Can you say a hundred dollars?

If Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MITกs Media Lab gets his wish, wireless laptops for third world countries will soon be available for around 100 dollars.

2005 The Year of the Rooster?

Think again. This is most definitely the Year of the Laptop.

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This article was posted on March 04

by Laptopical

Laptop Computers and the PVP Effect!

Laptop Computers and the PVP Effect!

by: Tom Fox

Roll over lumbering desktop computers, the limber laptop is here, and itกs here to stay! For a while now notebooks have outstripped their ageing desktop PC siblings, easily winning the gold medal in the computer sales olympics. We will illustrate how the PVP effect has contributed greatly to the increase in popularity of notebook computers.

(P) Portability:

Firstly it may be stating the obvious, but people buy laptops because they can take them anywhere. Office workers need no more be confined to their claustrophophic cubicles. Instead those statistic charts and data reports can be compiled on a train, in the comfort of an arm chair, or even on the beach! Portability equals flexibility, but alas this hasn’t always been the case. Todays ultra portable laptop computers have a come along way since the bulky, sewing machine sized machines of the late seventies and early eighties. Indeed one of the first portable computers was built by IBM, and this machine (IBM 5100) weighed in at a hefty 50lbs! Todayกs corridor warriors would have trouble lugging that puppy from meeting to meeting, unless of course they subjected themselves to an intensive dose of steroids 🙂

(V) Value:

In the seventies the aforementioned IBM 5100 would have set you back a staggering 20,000 dollars. Today a top of the range IBM Thinkpad can be bought for around 3000 dollars. Cheaper Thinkpads can often be obtained for well under a thousand dollars, especially if you don’t mind purchasing a used or refurbished model.

(P) Performance:

Many laptops today come fitted with Centrino processors which offer superb performance and improved battery life. What is Centrino I hear you ask? Well this is Intelกs name for their new notebook technology that combines their Pentium M processor, 855 chipset and the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 WiFi 802.11 network interface. Laptops fitted with these processors are usually lighter because of the smaller components used.

Couple this attractive feature with wireless networking technology and you have a powerful technological package. WiFi is short for กWireless Fidelityก and itกs usage is growing quickly amongst home users, office workers, even coffee shops. If you enter WiFi areas with a properly equipped notebook, you can access the Internet at broadband speeds.

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Tom Fox writes for http://www.cheaplaptopsnotebooks.com, a web site providing information and articles related to notebook computers.

This article was posted on November 15, 2004

by Tom Fox

Give Me $1 And Iกll Have A Powerful Marketing Weap

Give Me $1 And Iกll Have A Powerful Marketing Weapon

by: Al Martinovic

One of my most powerful marketing weapons actually costs me less than $1. I buy it once and it lasts me a lifetime. I use it over and over again and it never leaves my side.

What on earth could it be? Well, itกs my trusty notebook! It is where I store all of my ideas.

Let me give you some examples. If I come across an email, even if itกs sp*am, and the headline made me open up that email then by golly I will write that headline down in my notebook for future reference.

If the headline made me open the email then you can be sure others will open it as well. So in my trusty notebook I record all the email headlines that have captured my attention.

This way the next time I am writing an email to my list or prospects etc. or if I am stuck for a headline, all I have to do is refer to my notebook which has plenty of headlines to choose from.

But don’t stop there! If you visit a website or read a newspaper etc. and come across a great headline… write it down! Keep doing this and eventually youกll have pages of headlines to choose from and to test in your marketing campaign.

Don’t copy the headline word for word but rather use it as a reference and change it around to suit your own business. Youกll find that many great headlines are actually recycled.

But don’t stop there! If you are reading ad copy and come across a great word or phrase… write it down!

Again, eventually youกll have pages of words and phrases to choose from when writing ad copy. It is also useful when you have writers block. You can just open your trusty notebook and use a line or two and the next thing you know the next paragraph writes itself.

These are just a few of the ideas that I store in my trusty little notebook(s).

So get yourself a notebook or two and start storing your ideas. Youกll be surprised at how often you will refer to it. And if you’re like me, that notebook will never leave your side when you are marketing.

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Al Martinovic publishes the Millenium Marketers Newsletter. Get powerful internet marketing concepts, killer strategies, useful tips, and no bull business advice by subscribing Today:

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This article was posted on October 02, 2003

by Al Martinovic